Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Customize the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar and use it to get help from the Office Assistant, open existing Office documents, and create new ones.
• Use the Office Clipboard to copy and paste data between Office documents and create and edit links between Office applications.
• Differentiate between embedding and linking, open and edit an embedded object, and use different methods to embed objects.
• Leverage shared Microsoft Office 2000 features (hyperlinks) and tools (SpellChecker, AutoCorrect, WordArt, and clip art).
• Use Microsoft Office Binder to modify and organize multiple documents.
• Create a PowerPoint presentation based on a Word outline and existing slides, use the Meeting Minder, and preview a presentation as a Web page.
• Use Outlook to track document activity, import an existing Access database, and supply imported information to a Word mail merge.

• Exploring the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar
• Opening Documents from the Shortcut Bar
• Creating New Documents from the Shortcut Bar
• Getting Help by Using the Shortcut Bar

• Copying and Pasting Data
• Using Paste Special to Create Links Between Office Applications

• Embedding Objects
• Working with an Embedded Object
• Additional Methods for Embedding Objects

• Creating Hyperlinks Between Microsoft Office 2000 Files
• Using the SpellChecker and AutoCorrect
• Using WordArt and Clip Art

• The Office Binder
• Creating a New Binder
• Working with Binder Sections
• Modifying and Printing a Binder

• Inserting Files to Create Slides
• Using the Meeting Minder
• Preparing a Presentation for the Web

• Using the Journal to Track Office Files
• Creating a New Contact folder and Importing an Access Database
• Using the Outlook Address Book to Create a Mail Merge in Word
• Viewing the Outlook Journal

• A 486-compatible PC that meets minimum hardware requirements for Windows 95 or later or Windows NT 4.0 or later. (A Pentium 90 with 32 megabytes (MB) of RAM or more is recommended.)
• 600 MB of free hard-disk space. (Windows NT only: at least 4 MB of available space in the registry.)
• Either a local CD-ROM drive or access to a networked CD-ROM drive.
• A floppy-disk drive.
• A two-button mouse or IntelliMouse.
• A VGA or higher display adapter (the EGA display adapter is not supported).
• An installed printer driver. (Printers are not required; however, each PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
• Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 installed and Microsoft Office 2000 (see the following section for additional instructions).

See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.